Sport fans' impressions of gay male athletes

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 597-607

  Campbell, Jamonn ^a   Cothren, Denise ^a   Rogers, Ross ^a   Kistler, Lindsay ^a   Osowski, Anne ^a   Greenauer, Nathan ^a   End, Christian ^b  

^a SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletes; Homosexual; Social identity; Sport fans

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETES; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79956370348     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2011.563658     Document Type: Article

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